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DURHAM, N.H.
– The ninth-ranked University of New Hampshire
football team opened up the 2010 season in impressive fashion,
dominating Central Connecticut State University, 33-3, before a
crowd of 7,419 at Cowell Stadium Saturday afternoon. Senior
Terrance
Fox (Piscataway, N.J.) set the tone by returning the game's
opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown, and sophomore running
back Dontra
Peters (Annapolis, Md.) rushed 19 times for a career-high 197
yards and two scores.

UNH (1-0) jumped in front just 16
seconds into the game when Fox, making his first appearance since
the 2008 season, registered the first kick-return score of his
career. The two-point conversion attempt failed, and the Wildcats
had a 6-0 lead.

New Hampshire added another big
play later in the first quarter when Peters burst through the line
on a 4th-and-1 play, making the gamble pay off when he
raced 47 yards for a touchdown. Sophomore kicker A.J. DeLago
(Menards, N.Y.) tacked on the extra point, capping an eight-play,
79-yard drive that gave the Wildcats a 13-0 lead with 8:07
remaining in the opening period.

The lead increased to 19-0 with
10:22 remaining in the first half when Peters ran inside left
tackle, going 15 yards for his second scoring run of the
afternoon. The extra point went wide right. The scoring
drive took seven plays and covered 53 yards in 3:11.

The 'Cats moved in front, 26-0,
with 6:23 left in the second quarter. Facing
3rd-and-goal from the three-yard line, senior
quarterback R.J.
Toman (Mission Viejo, Calif.) lobbed a scoring pass to junior
tight end Chris
Jeannot (Moon Township, Pa.) in the back of the end zone, and
DeLago added the extra point to finish off the four-play, 30-yard
drive.

Central Connecticut State (0-1) got
on the board when freshman kicker Steven Calitri (Gilman, Conn.)
booted a 29-yard field goal on the final play of the first half,
cutting New Hampshire's lead to 26-3.

The only points scored in the
second half came courtesy of UNH sophomore defensive lineman Randi Vines
(Oxnard, Calif.), who intercepted a pass from Blue Devils junior
quarterback Gunnar Jespersen (Atascadero, Calif.) and took it back
30 yards for a pick-six with 12:50 left in the fourth
quarter. An extra point by redshirt freshman kicker Mike
MacArthur (North Hampton, N.H.) provided the final margin.

Sophomore linebacker Matt Evans (Hanover,
Mass.) spearheaded the ferocious Wildcats' defensive effort with a
game-high 14 tackles, including five solo stops and a
half-sack. Senior safety John Greer (Buffalo,
N.Y.) added 10 tackles (five solo) and a sack. UNH held CCSU's
vaunted ground attack to a grand total of 220 yards of offense and
only 86 rushing yards on 39 carries (2.2 yards per carry).

The Wildcats hit the road to
challenge FBS No. 15 Pittsburgh at Heinz Field next Saturday, Sept.
11, at 1 p.m. Tickets in the designated UNH section are $30 each
and can be purchased by calling or visiting the Whittemore Center
Box Office Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To order tickets by
phone, call the Box Office at (603) 862-4000 x 5.